Combination-tool.



No. 827,426. 'PATENTED JULY 31, 1906'.

J. H. DANIELS. COMBINATION TOOL. f

AEPLIUJA'IIONv FILED MAY 10, 1905.

fizz/3265s I attache/1 JOHN HENRY DANIELS, or 'sT; LOUIS, MISSOURI.

COMBINATION-TOOL,

I To all "whom, it may concern}.-

: Be it known that 1, JOHN HENRY DANIELS',

a citizen ofthe United States, residingjat' 1325 'North Whittier street, St. Louis, State of may be adjusted to different positions for, more convenient operation, accordingto' the character of thework to be done, and also so that the saw may be folded or collapsed in order to permit it to be more readily. carried 'inrthe pocket or packed in a tool-chest, the

blade, further, vbeing constructed to provide'a screw-driver bit which is presented for use when the saw is collapsed 'insuch a mannerthat the saw-handle may be employed for driving purposes, thus producing a tool whichpossesses a'wide range of usefulness.

' The object of the invention is to provide a tool embodying" these characteristics and which is efficient in operation, and susceptible of manufacture at a low cost. 7

The preferred form of the invention-is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

which Figure 1 is a. side view of my improved combination-tool, showing the blade adjusted for use as an ordinary compass-saw.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the'tool collapsed to fold the blade and project the driving-bit. Fig. 3 is a view in front elevation with parts arranged as in Fig. 1 Fig. 4 is a transverse section on line4: 4 of Fig. 1. Fig.

- 5 is a detail view of the butt-end of the saw.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the hand I dle, and 2 the blade, of the saw, the saw being of the hand type, commonly known'as a compass saw. 1

In accordance with my invention the handle 1 is constructed of two side pieces 3 and 4, each comprising a stock portion 5, forming a grip, a forwardly-projecting cheek-piece 6,

and an intermediate connecting portion 7, each of said pieces 3 and4 being composed, preferably, of a single metallic casting, although it may be made of any suitable material and in sections, if desired. The side pieces 3 and 4 are held spaced by a distance piece or filler 8, disposed between their connecting portions 7, the two side pieces and distancepiece being firmly united by rivets or other 4 i Specification'ofIietters Patent.

Application filed May-10, 1905 Serial No. 259,849. v

- handle.

' Patented July 31, 1906.

suitable' fastenings 9." This construction provides a handle whose gripping-stock por-. tion and cheek-pieces or saw-receiving portion are spaced to form receiving-slots and 11. f

The blade'2 is enlarged or thickened at 1ts butt-end, as indicated at 12, and reduced to form a screw-dr'iver-bit portion 13, the enlargementof the. butt providing for the formation ofa bit of proper thickness and strength to withstandthe driving strain and also providing for the formation of a pivot- I receiving. opening 14 and a series of dowel seats or recesses 15 of proper depth between the'pivot-opening and driver-bit, said seats 15'eXtending transversely of the butt ofthe blade and onaslight arc concentric with the opening 14.

The butt portion12 of the blade fits in the slot 11 between the two-cheek-pieces 6 and is pivotally connected thereto by a pivot pinor V rivet 16, passing through the cheek-pieces and the opening 14, the pivot of the blade thus being so arranged and the check-pieces being of such length that when the blade is disposed in operative position, as shown in Fig.

1, the bit 13 will be inclosed and concealed:

between the rear ends of the cheek-pieces.

One of the cheek-pieces 6 is formed in its outer face withga concavity 17 and a screwthreaded transverse opening 18, communieating therewith, said opening receiving a locking-screw 19, having a milled operatinghead 20, which lies within the recess 17 and a reduced portion or dowel-pin 21, 'which projects inwardly beyond said opening and is adapted to engage any one of the series of seats 15, formed in the butt of the blade. The inner endof the screw 19 is adapted to bear against the blade and to clamp it in position and to seat the dowel in the registering recess to rigidly lock the blade to the By' thus constructing the screw and blade it will be apparent that the blade may be adjusted on its pivot 16 to bring any one of the dowel-seats 15 into alinement with the dowel-pin 21, so that by theproper adjustment of the blade and tightening of the screw the blade may be locked at different positions relatively to the handle to adapt the saw "to be more conveniently operated, according to the character ofthe-work to be .performed. The described mode of'mounting the blade also permits the saw to be collapsed or folded, so that it may be more readily carried in the pocket or packedin a tool-chest. By loosening the screw 19 to release the dowel-pin 21 from the dowel-seat 15, with which it is engaged, the saw 2 will be left free to swing upon its pivot and, as shown in Fig. 2, may be swung downwardly and rearwardly into the slot 10 in the stock portion of the handle, so as to lie between the cheek-pieces and stock portion, thus tolding the saw in small compass for the described purposes. When the blade has been so adjusted, it may be clamped in position by tightening up the screw 19. This susceptibility of adjustment of the blade also provides for the projection of the screw-driver bit 13, as it will be seen that when the blade is folded, as in Fi 2, the bit 13 will be thrown forwardly the cheelepieces 6, thus enabling it to be used for driving or extracting a screw. The toothed edge of the blade when folded is held beneath the lower edge of the distance-piece 7, so that it will not said stock and tool supporting portions being joined by an arched connection and having their upper portions arranged substantially in the same plane and coincident with the upper portion of the arched space therebetween, a straight saw-blade having a thickened butt-end provided with an opening and a series of dowel-seats in rear of and concentric with said opening, the rear end of the butt terminating in a screw-driver point, a pivot-pin passing through the supporting portion and opening in the blade and pivotally connecting the latter thereto, and a screw mounted upon the supporting portion and having a dowel projection to engage said dowel-seats to hold the saw-blade at dillerent angles of adjustment with respect to said supporting portion, the construction being such that'when the blade is arranged in operative position the screw-driver point will be concealed within the slot of the supporting portion and also such that the blade may be swung downwardly and rearwardly to project through and fold within the slotted stock, whereby, owing to the described arrangement of the arts, the blade when folded will extend ongitudinally substantially in the plane of the supporting portion and will cross the arched space, thus projecting the screw-driver point so that the driving strain in operation will be sustained by the pivot-pin, and the concaved side of the arched union and back edge of the saw projecting across the arched space may be utilized as a grip in the screw-driving operation.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN HENRY DANIELS. Witnesses:

BERNARD FLooD, SYLvEsTER HANLEY. 

